Fastening



E. KNAPP. rAseNmG.

APPLICATION FLED AUGZB, I9l9:

Patented Junels, 1922, Y

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ETE- ATTORNEM` L E. KNAPP.

FASTENING.

APPLIQATION FILED AUGfZG. 1919.

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EMMA /ff/VA PP PatentedJune 13, 1922. v

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narran sfra'rss EMMA KNAW, or DENVER, COLORADO, AssrGNoR To WILLIAM KNAPP, or :oENvrm` Partnr ontarien..

COLORADO.

FASTENING.

To all whom it may concern:

Be. itknown that I, EMMA KNAPP, a citi'- zen of the United States, residing atDenver, in the county of Denver vand 'State of Colo rado, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in'Fastenings, of which tthe following is a specification.;y

This invention relates to improvements in fasteningsf, and its; object is to .provide inassociation withfastenings composed of two cooperating members,` 1 a lock.k in permanent connection with one of the members .for se:-` curing it upon the other.

My ,invention-is particularly adapted for use in hasp or clasp fastenings in which a hinged strap cooperates with a staple or other relatively stationary device, for fastening a door, window, lid or other movable appliance and which ordinarily can be secured only by the use of an unconnected lock. 1'

My invention consists briefly in permanently connecting a lock of suitable construction upon the movable member of a fastening of the hereinbefore mentioned character, which coperates with a stationary member to -secure the other in place.

If used in connection with a hasp-fastening, for example, a key-operated lock is fastened upon the hinged hasp so that when the latter is placed over the staple the bow or bolt on the lock can pass through the same to secure the hasp against removal.

It will be readily understood that within the spirit of my vinvention as herein described, the arrangement ofthe cooperating parts is variable in accordance with the character of the fastener and the construction Vof the lock applied thereto, and the three forms of my invention shown in the accompanying drawings should accordingly be considered as merely illustrative of the most practical methods at present known to me for carrying my invention'into effect.

In the drawings in the various views of which like parts are similarly designated,

Figure 1 represents a plan view of a haspfastening to which my invention isv applied; Figure 2, a section taken on the line 2-2, Figure 1;

Figure 3, a plan view of a hasp-fastening showing a different method of applying the lock thereto;

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 13, 1922, Application-naa August-26, 1919.-l seriarNo. 319,892.

showing a still dill'erentmethodof applying my invention; y

Figure 7, a sectional'elevationof the-fas.-v tening shown in tion, and

FigureS, a .similar view `of thefsame Y fa's- Referring first to Figures 1 and 2 of the tening in its locked position.

drawings, vthe reference. -character designates the hasp of a fastening which as usual has a hinge connection with a strap 8 by which it is fastened to one of the two parts el and 5 to be held together and which has a slot 6 for its passage over a staple 7 secured to the other part.

The locking device shown in this form of my invention is a padlock 8 of the usual construction which is fastened upon the hasp of the fastening so that its bow or shackle 9 extends across the slot thereof. p

The lock may be rigidly secured to the hasp if so desired, but it ispreferred to fasten it through the medium of a pivot 10 which permits of its adjutsment in order to facilitate the insertion of its bow into the staple of the fastening.

It will be seen that when the hasp is placed over the staple of the same the passage of the shackle of the lock through the staple will secure the hasp against removal and the use of separate locks, pins, hooks or other fastening devices ordinarily employed is in consequence eliminated.

In the form of my invention shown in Figures 3, a and 5, a lock 12 of the padlock type is slidingly mounted upon the end of the hasp and connected with a spring 13 which yieldingly holds it in its normal position.

The shackle or bolt 141C of the lock may be hinged like that of the lock shown in the first-described form, or it may be con structed to open and close automatically when brought in contact with the staple or other device to be embraced.

To secure the hasp after it has been placed over the staple the lock is moved against the action rof the spring until its shackle em- Figure 5, inthe open posil "eral type shown in Figure 4L, the shackle ofv braces the staple and is secured against retraction after which the hasp can be removed only by using the key which lits the look.

If afterwards, the bow of the lock is retracted by the use of the proper key,'.th.e spring will automatically return the lock to its normal position and thereby permit of unfastening the hasp with one hand only.

`The construction shown in Figures 6 to 8 comprises a fastening particuarly adapted for use on mail sacks and other devices which owing to lack of space require a more compact form and arrangement'of the parts of which the fastening is composed.

AJ` link composed of two pivotally jointed sections 15 and '16 is in thisV form of myin vention, hinged at the free end of the hasp, the outer section carrying a lock of the genwhich projects beyond the joint between the sections to' embrace the staple as shown in Figure 7.

Havingthus described my invention what l claim and desire to secure byLetters- Patent is: j j i "l, A; fasteningcomprising a hasp' and a staple, and a lock adjustably mounted upon the hasp and having a locking-member adapted to pass through the staple. Y 2. A fastening comprising a hasp and a staple, and a lock slidably mounted upon the hasp and having a locking-member adapted to pass through the staple. Y

3. A fastening comprising a hasp and a staple, a lock slidably mounted upon the hasp and having a locking-member adapted to pass through 'the staple, and a spring yieldingly holding the lock in its, normal position. f' 'y' 4. A; fastening comprising la staple, and a hasp (3o-operating therewith and composed of a member hinged at one end and slotted to admit the staple, a second member hinged at the free end of the slotted member-and a4 lock hinged at the free end of saidsecond member' and having a locking bolt adapted to pass through the staple after the slotted member is placed upon the same. A

VIn testimony whereof I have aiiixe'd my*k signature. f*

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